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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Prairie Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairie Ridge and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Prairie Ridge:
- 39.555284, -94.133275
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Prairie Ridge
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Caldwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Since Prairie Ridge is near Ray County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ray County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Prairie Ridge
Communities Also Named Prairie Ridge ...
We found four communities that are also named Prairie Ridge.
Within Missouri, the name Prairie Ridge is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Prairie Ridge #
- This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=39.555284&lon=-94.133275&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Prairie Ridge.
- Illinois
- Cook County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Prairie Ridge [Cook County].
- Will County
- This Prairie Ridge is located in Will County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Prairie Ridge that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Prairie Ridge.
- Washington
- Pierce County
- This Prairie Ridge is located in Pierce County and lies 1,491 miles [2,399.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Prairie Ridge that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Prairie Ridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie Ridge ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bonanza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Claysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Claysville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Converse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Cowgill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Crystal Lakes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Easterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Easterville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easterville
- Georgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Georgeville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Greenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Homestead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Plainview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Polo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sandals
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sandals is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandals
- Shoal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shoal is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal
How Far From Prairie Ridge to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Prairie Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prairie Ridge and extending to:
- Kingston, which is the Seat of Caldwell County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Prairie Ridge to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 914 miles [1,470.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,532 miles [10,512.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,278 miles [11,712.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,167 miles [8,315.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Prairie Ridge could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prairie Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Prairie Ridge to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prairie Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5553, Longitude: -94.1333 In this case, the coordinates for Prairie Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.752 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.967 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.351 degrees. |
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